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By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff

WILMINGTON -- Good morning from Ristuccia Arena, where the Bruins are getting ready to start practice. Matt Bartkowski is present as the No. 8 defenseman.

"I think everybody knows what's at stake here," said Claude Julien. "I think we've got a pretty good hockey team that we feel can certainly compete for the Stanley Cup. That hasn't changed either. We've felt we've had that for a few years now. Things happen along the way. As I've said, there are 29 teams at the end of the year that are disappointed. We don't want to be one of those teams this year. We want to be the team that's celebrating at the end. That's going to be our approach."